- Ancient Greece incorporated much more territory than Modern Greece & Cyprus
- Extent varied greatly over time
28 August 2017
Modern Greece
Aegean Basin and Magna Graecia in c5-4 BC
Colonization, circa 800-500 BC
Alexander's Empire at his death, 323 BC
Hellenistic Kingdom of Bactria circa 180 BC
Indo-Greek Kingdoms at maximum extent under Menander I, circa 150-130 BC (kingdoms finally ended in 10 BC)
Hellas is over 80% mountains
Frequent earthquakes
Mt. Olympos, 2972m (9750')
Thera/Santorini Volcano (circa 1650-1500 BC)
Few, large plains (Thessaly, Boetia, Attica)
Few passes, overland travel extremely difficult before c19
severe winters in mountains, hot dry summers on coast